S9767 • 2025

Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent

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Sponsor: Luis R. Sepúlveda
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent

Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent.

What This Bill Does

Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1186
2026-04-06 Senate
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

Official Summary Text

Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent
Increases the value of a motor vehicle exempt from the provisions of a will or intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9767

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 6, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN  ACT  to amend the estates, powers and trusts law, in relation to the
          value of a motor vehicle exempt from  the  provisions  of  a  will  or
          intestate distribution for the benefit of the family of a decedent

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 5 of paragraph (a) of  section  5-3.1  of  the
     2  estates, powers and trusts law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of
     3  2010, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (5) One motor vehicle not exceeding in value [twenty-five] FIFTY thou-
     5  sand  dollars.  In  the alternative, if the decedent shall have been the
     6  owner of one or more motor vehicles each of which  exceed  [twenty-five]
     7  FIFTY  thousand  dollars  in  value,  the surviving spouse or decedent's
     8  children may acquire one such motor vehicle from the estate,  regardless
     9  of  the  fact  that the decedent may also have been the owner of another
    10  motor vehicle of lesser value than [twenty-five] FIFTY thousand dollars,
    11  by payment to the estate of the amount by which the value of  the  motor
    12  vehicle exceeds [twenty-five] FIFTY thousand dollars; in lieu of receiv-
    13  ing  such  motor  vehicle, the surviving spouse or children may elect to
    14  receive in cash an amount equal to the value of the motor  vehicle,  not
    15  to  exceed [twenty-five] FIFTY thousand dollars. If any motor vehicle so
    16  acquired by the spouse or children of the decedent was a specific legacy
    17  in decedent's will, the payment to the estate of the amount by which the
    18  value of the motor vehicle exceeds [twenty-five] FIFTY thousand  dollars
    19  shall vest in the specific legatee.
    20    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    21  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09978-02-6